Debs - SUSAN Re: Surgery scheduled for 08/15

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Hi Debs,

Take advantage of that flexibility if you can. I was banded with

elastics for one week, by week 2 I was allowed to take them off to

eat and clean (eat soft mush - no chewing). I wore the elastics for 6

weeks - it was supposed to be 8, but one of the surgical posts came

apart and my surgeon said it was ok to stop wearing them. Hoooray!

I never had a splint, although my surgeon said that if he did an

upper segmentation (palate expansion) I would have it in for 6 weeks

or so. He did make a surgical splint, or wafer as it is also called,

and it was used to line things up during the surgery, he then tossed

it out.

Ask Cammie about the splint, she had one wired in for 7? weeks (wired

to the upper braces). Not fun. Think Thylvester the Cat. But it's

only temporary. I do have a removeable upper wire retainer now, and I

lisp with it at times. You learn what things make you lisp more than

others pretty quickly!

If you can work off e-mail instead of the telephone, all the better

post-op. Keep that white board handy too.

Good luck with your planning!